Update to the solution solver app is ready.

gutted · 03-10-10, 08:02 PM

After packing away the code some months back and using the program quite abit, I found two minor issues... and i just now finally got around to dealing with them. While i had it all open, i decided to do one extra thing.

The downloads area:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/down...o=file&id=1358

Questions and problems should be directed to the main thread:
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=156698

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1.3.3 Changleog:

Calculator:
Fixed a possible "divide by zero" crash.

Distance Chart:
No longer shows conversion tool-tip with lift click (right click only)

Speed Solver:
Added the Silent Hunter 5 ship lengths into the length browser. You now have both SH4 & SH5 ship lengths to use for the speed solver.
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This is the data my parser fetched for me. It may or may not be compete. There was atleast one entry (maybe more) that kept crashing the SHIV length parser, so i changed it to ignore entries that didn't have a .cfg file for them. I provide it here incase someone wants to make a chart or something.

Ship,Length in meters

Code:

Queen Elizabeth Battleship,190
Royal Sovereign Battleship,190
King George V Battleship,244
HMS Duke Of York,244
Nelson Battleship,216
Hood Battlecruiser,190
Renown Battlecruiser,240
New York Battleship,190
North Carolina Battleship,220
Littorio Battleship,237.8
Duilio Battleship,168.96
Bismarck Battleship,270
Schleswig-Holstein Pre-Dreadnought,190
Scharnhorst Battleship,190
Deutschland Pocket Battleship,186
Northampton Heavy Cruiser,183
Kent Heavy Cruiser,183
HMS Suffolk ,183
Trento Heavy Cruiser,197
Admiral Hipper Heavy Cruiser,206
Dido Light Cruiser,156
Brooklyn Light Cruiser,185
Montecuccoli Light Cruiser,185
Di Giussano Light Cruiser,169
Emden Light Cruiser,185
K Class Light Cruiser,185
Auxiliary Cruiser Komet ,147
Auxiliary Cruiser Penguin,147
Patroclus Armed Merchant Cruiser,147
Rawalpindi Armed Merchant Cruiser,147
Dithmarschen Supply Ship,139.6
Carl Peters Fleet Tender,190
Ark Royal Fleet Carrier,250
Illustrious Fleet Carrier,250
Glorious Fleet Carrier,239.8
Furious Fleet Carrier,239.8
Hermes Fleet Carrier,200
Eagle Fleet Carrier,200
Bogue Escort Carrier,152
Sangamon Escort Carrier,152
Attacker Escort Carrier,152
Long Island Escort Carrier,152
Archer Escort Carrier,152
Charger Escort Carrier,152
Avenger Escort Carrier,152
Audacity Escort Carrier,152
Soldati Destroyer,106.7
Flower Corvette,60.6
Type 34 Destroyer,119
Fletcher Destroyer,115
A Class Destroyer,95
B Class Destroyer,95
V&W Class Destroyer,95
HMS Walker,95
Tribal Destroyer,115
R Class Destroyer,95
Clemson Destroyer,95
Town Lend-Lease Destroyer,95
Somers Destroyer,116
Evarts Destroyer Escort,89.5
Buckley Destroyer Escort,89.5
Black Swan Sloop,91.3
HMS Stork,91.3
Armed Trawler,63
Landing Ship Tank,98.7
165-foot "B" Cutter,63
SC-497 Sub Chaser,63
Middeleton Attack Transport,149.6
Large Liner,173.74
Large Italian Liner,173.74
Huge European Liner,147
Liberty Cargo,147
Liberty Ship (War Supplies),147
Victory Cargo,139.6
N3SA1 Small Merchant,80.5
C1-B Type Medium Merchant,127.3
C2-S-B1 Hull Large Merchant,139.6
Large Steamer,147
Large Steamer (War Supplies),147
Hog Island Type A Freighter,120
Hog Island Medium Freighter (War supplies),120
Cimmaron Class Tanker,139.6
Ranger Medium Tanker,111
Troop Transport,147
Amphibious Group Command Ship,139.6

gutted · 03-10-10, 08:06 PM

If someone has a need for it... i can change the parser to spit out everything

.ie Length, Width, Mast Height, Speed, Draft

and show it in a better format.

gutted · 03-10-10, 09:51 PM

Got my first kill with the speed solver in SH5. Cimmaron Class Tanker, Length 139.6m

30 seconds from bow to stern = 9knots.

The speed was bang on.

The speed solver along with my physical AOB wheel, and he was dead without a single map plot or stadimeter reading.

Note:
Currently the Speed Solver is the only part of the program i use in SH5. I have a physical AOB wheel i use now so no longer need the integrated Intercept wheel (& the lead angle solver is redundant in U-Boats).

I'm thinking of making the speed solver a standalone app. Due to the modular design i used, it's only a matter of taking that control and dropping it into a fresh project.

ddrgn · 03-10-10, 10:06 PM

Awesome work once again!

gutted · 03-10-10, 10:13 PM

Just an FYI for any new users:

Since the ship length browser is not mentioned in the manual (was a late addition).. it is opened from the speed solver with the little icon next to the length entry window.

when you find the ship in question, just double click on it's name and the speed is sent to the speed solver's length field.

03-10-10, 09:51 PM	#3
gutted The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA. Posts: 1,379 Downloads: 487 Uploads: 11	Got my first kill with the speed solver in SH5. Cimmaron Class Tanker, Length 139.6m 30 seconds from bow to stern = 9knots. The speed was bang on. The speed solver along with my physical AOB wheel, and he was dead without a single map plot or stadimeter reading. Note: Currently the Speed Solver is the only part of the program i use in SH5. I have a physical AOB wheel i use now so no longer need the integrated Intercept wheel (& the lead angle solver is redundant in U-Boats). I'm thinking of making the speed solver a standalone app. Due to the modular design i used, it's only a matter of taking that control and dropping it into a fresh project. __________________ Solution Solver 2.3.2 - Visual Targeting Tools & Aids

03-10-10, 10:06 PM	#4
ddrgn Korvettenkapitän Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Toronto Posts: 918 Downloads: 362 Uploads: 30	Awesome work once again! __________________ ddrgn mods: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/member.php?u=217261

03-10-10, 10:13 PM	#5
gutted The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA. Posts: 1,379 Downloads: 487 Uploads: 11	Just an FYI for any new users: Since the ship length browser is not mentioned in the manual (was a late addition).. it is opened from the speed solver with the little icon next to the length entry window. when you find the ship in question, just double click on it's name and the speed is sent to the speed solver's length field. __________________ Solution Solver 2.3.2 - Visual Targeting Tools & Aids

03-10-10, 08:06 PM	#2
gutted The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA. Posts: 1,379 Downloads: 487 Uploads: 11	If someone has a need for it... i can change the parser to spit out everything .ie Length, Width, Mast Height, Speed, Draft and show it in a better format.